CERT SERVICE

Age UK East Sussex are receiving more than 150 calls a day from distressed older people without enough food in the house and who are anxious, alone and afraid. In a response to this we have created our Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) to provide much needed support to the most vulnerable members of our community. We are offering a telephone befriending service and a shopping/prescription service. We cannot deliver these vital services without the support of our volunteers and the generous donations that we are receiving from members of the public.

Charity Registration No: 1139470

Help us make sure we can provide the help they need by supporting our emergency appeal to raise £10,000 to enable us to support all Older People in need in East Sussex! There are 138,000 older people in East Sussex over the age of 65 + our coastal towns such as Eastbourne, Bexhill and Rye have the highest proportion of people aged 65 – 84 years. Following Government advice East Sussex residents are being told to stay at home, this includes the elderly and vulnerable. Over a quarter of these older people live alone, we know we need to do more to make sure our older community stay safe and well at this time.

Every penny donated will help us deliver the increased care and support needed to keep older people safe and well. Most supermarkets are no longer taking new online accounts and there are no delivery slots available. We have been reassured that this will change over the coming weeks - we have over 100 clients registered with us who are currently unable to secure a delivery slot. This means they and many others are reliant on our shopping and prescription CERT service.